Tooth Fairy - Gluten Free?

Harper lost her first tooth this morning. Well, she lost it and I had to find it, from within a slimy mouthful of oatmeal she spit in my hand. You wouldn't know it but oatmeal looks a hell of a lot like little teeth. I was trusting that the tiny tooth would be harder than her cooked oats - thus easier to find, but it took me more than two minutes to find the pearly treasure in amongst her breakfast of choice. When I finally found it, we jumped up and down, hugged and squealed with delight at her new look. She really looks different - so grown up in some way.

So now the parents/fairies/santas/super-heroes had some work to do. The girl rarely gets candy, so in addition to some cash and nice note, I sent the Chris/Tooth Fairy to the corner store for a bonafide treat for our new toothless diva. He came back with a food bar - a chocolate food bar, but a food bar. Let me read the packaging. The "Jocolat" bar is organic - no sugar added - 90% raw - Non GMO - Gluten Free - Dairy Free - Soy Free - Vegan - Kosher. A treat to be sure ....... for a squirrel. I'm sure this thing rocks the house. Chris likes them, assumed Harper would like it, but I was just looking for a sinful Snickers bar to celebrate the first tooth. I hope no dentist is reading this. But a treat's a treat; sure, I could have gone for a little toy or some other creative doo-dad, but Rosie's fighting a really high fever, the cat needs five medicines and hand feeding from a pit-bull attack over the weekend, so I didn't really have time to strategize about the best sub-pillow surprise.

So at 9PM, the Tooth fairy headed back to the store for a Snickers. Love that man. Plus, he forgot the milk. His daughter loved the treat; we'll keep the food bar around for tooth number seven, and all is well in fairyland.